Google's workforce is just 3% black. At Apple, that number is 9%. To commit to racial equity in Big Tech, black Silicon Valley workers say companies need to do a lot more than write statements and make donations.
But building a more diverse workforce is just the beginning, Hutchinson notes, as deeply ingrained traditions and norms in tech have created a code of conduct that can be inhospitable to people of color, she said.
"It might be about how people get defensive ... or that there's only way way to do things, or credentialing people, saying they can't get this position because they don't have the right degree," she says. "The rest of us, black folks especially, we've been living in this bright room for a very long time," Williams says.Well-funded tech companies have in recent days made some bold promises.
Carter of Paradigm IQ, which helps tech firms be more welcoming to people of color, finds herself more optimistic than those who roll their eyes at such pronouncements. She said the moves should be seen as more than just vows of allyship or performative stunts.
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